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Sherwin - Meaning of Sherwin
What does Sherwin mean?
[ 2 syll. (s)he-rwi(n), sh-erw-in ] The baby boy name Sherwin is pronounced as -SH-ERWihN †. Sherwin is primarily used in English and its language of origin is Old English. The name Sherwin means bright friend.
Sherwin has 15 forms. Forms of Sherwin include Sherveen, Shervin, Sherwan, Sherwen, Sherwenn, Sherwenne, Sherwind, Sherwinn, Sherwinne, Sherwyn, Sherwynd, Sherwynn, Sherwynne, Win, and Wynn.
See also the related category bright (wise).
Sherwin is unusual as a baby boy name. Its usage peaked modestly in 1935 with 0.006% of baby boys being named Sherwin. It had a ranking of #763 then. The baby name has experienced a fall in frequency since then, and is now of sporadic use. Among all boy names in its family, Sherwin was nevertheless the most commonly used in 2016.
Baby names that sound like Sherwin include Sherwinn, Sherwinne, Sherwyn, Saeram, Sayram, Seirian, Serhan, Shahram, Sharma, Sharman, Shermain, Shermaine, Sherman, Shermen, Shermie, Shermy, Sherwan, Sherwenn, Sherwenne, and Sherwynn.
† Pronunciation for Sherwin: SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)" ; W as in "we (W.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"
